This is an analysis of the poem My God, My King, Thy Praise I Sing that begins with:

My God, my King, Thy praise I sing,
My heart is all Thine own;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cbXb cada XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 110111 1101011010 110101 11011101 110101 11011101 111101 11011101 111101 11011111 010011 01111111 110100 11111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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